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• AVIATION BILL GAINS SUPPORT IN SENATE, CONTRADICTS PRESIDENT TRUMP'S PLANS - June 30, 2017

• Senate committee backs aviation bill, ditches Trump plan to privatize air traffic control

  By Kevin Freking, Federal Times

  A Republican-led Senate committee on Thursday backed an aviation bill that omits one of President Donald Trump's goals — turning air traffic control operations over to a private company. 

  The legislation would increase spending for airport improvements and would protect passengers from being forcibly removed from a plane once they are approved to board.

  To read more, please click here. 

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